The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-17 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. SIR SAMUEL BONIILIN AND MR. BROUGHAM. cantare pares, et responders parati. VIRdIU. 'Confute, change hands, and still confute. Hu DI BRAS. Ma. Eorrott,--In the discussions on the In . - Aemnity Bill, the great point at issue was, whe ther his Majesty's Ministers ought or ought not to be obliged to give up the names of the indivi duals on whose information persons suspected of treasonable practices had been apptehendel during the suspension of the Habeas Corpus; for it is Obvious, that if actions were brought against them by any of these parties, it was only by so doitig that they could make Out their own justifi cation. The supporters of the Indemnity Bill contended, 'that such disclosures would be a vio lation of all confidence ; and that in whatever circumstances of danger the State might here after be placed by the machinations of Traitors, Ito met, of respectability would ever again come forward, it the hazard of being exposed to the resentment OT-those against whom they had given information. They farther argued, that if Go vernment was thus deprived of the means of ob taining intelligence from respectable sources, they would be under the necessity of depending alto- gcther upon spies and informers ; and that the employment of these miscreants, which was now only casual and occasional, would then becOme a constant and regular part of our establishment.— Those who opposed the Bill denied the force of these considerations. One of them asked, "What security was there that all the commitments which had taken place might not have originated in ma lice or resentment.; while the individuals were - assured of perpetual oblivion ?" Another of them asked, " Where was the difficulty of pro- Ancing such witnesses, in the face of the country, in open Court, in public and honourable trial ?"t The great advocates for giving up the names of The parties who had furnished information to his l‘laiesty's Ministers were Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY and Mr. BROUGHAM. Both these Gentlemen are Directors of the African Institution ; and a Re port, published some time ago by that Society, states it to be " a necessary precaution to conceal the names of individuals, resident in o; connected with the West Indies, who send them, from hu mane motives, useful information : the transmis sion of it might Otherwise expose them to popular odium, or private resentment, in - that country."l A few months ago, the African Institution pushed this principle (of concealing the names of in- formers) to such an extent, that they actually suffered an innocent and lionourAble man, the Publisher of their Reports, to be convicted and punished as a libeller, rather than give up the name, not of a respectable person, who front h►►- mane motives transmitted them useful informa tion, but of a wicked calumniatnr,who made them the instruments of publishing a slanderous attack upon the character of the whole West India com munity, and the administration of justice in a West India Colony, unsupported, as was proved in zvidence on the trial, by a single vestige of act, or even of probability. Being a great lover of consistency, I feel much surprised at the different conduct of these learned Gentlemen, in their different situations as Di rectors of the African Institution, and as Mem 'hers of the House of Commons. As Directors of 'the African Institution, they even permit the in nocent to suffer for the guilty, rather than give up the name of the author of a libel, which the learned Judge who tried the cause charactetised as " a wilful and wicked fabrication;" and al though be told them from the Bench, 4 ‘ that it was defeating the purposes of justice, to prevent information, by which the wicked calumny might be traced up to the original anthor."§ As Mem bers of the House of Commons, they call upon the Legislature to oblige M.ijesty's Ministers to give up the names of all the individuals, who, when the safety of their country was at stake, 'gage them such information as enabled them to avert the .impending danger. In the latter case, surely the reasons for concealment are far more cogent than in the former ; for the resentment of disappointed Traitors and Conspirators (who of all descriptions of men are the most likely to be come assassins) is infinitely more dangerous than that of the libelled and calumniated Vest Indians. Perhaps some of your learned Readers may be able to explain, what, as an unlearned man, I am altogether at a loss to comprehend, how it is that the very same line of conduct, which certain Gentlemen maintain to be a just and meritorious rule of action for themselves, becomes extremely unjust and reprehensible when adopted by his l'ilajesty's Ministers. Unless this can be satisfac torily made out, I must think that these Gentle men take up and lay down principles with just as much ease as they put on and take off their gloves ; and that the Public have only to look to their actions, to find a complete refutation of their ar guments upon the late debate on the Indemnity Bill. I am, Sir, Your constant neader, 'VERITAS. • Sir Samuel Po►nilly's Speech ou tint Indemnity Bilij— (Times, March It.) t Mr. brougham's ditto, ditto, ditto. Reasons for Registry—page• ss. § Trial of The King v. Hatchard—page 123.1 tERMA . N PAPEItg, VIENI4A, %tacit I.—Yesterday afternotin a re port 'was spread all on a sudden that Jerome Buonaparte had been murdered near bit estate of Sebeenan. Upon inquiry the affair was.found to be as follows t--Jerome was gone ontiChuntingl his horse became restive and threatened to throw him, when one of his attendants galloped up to his assistance. The latter fell from his horse, and wounded himself so severely that be was carried from the field half dead. Several peasants at work having seen this accident from a distance spread the above report, which died away in as short a time as it has been spread. BERLIN. MARCH 3.—Last Saturday his Majesty gave a private audience to the Swedish Major General Bergenstrohle, who bad been purposely sent to his Court, in which be announced the death of his Majesty Charles XIII. and the ac cession of his present Majesty, Charles John.— After this Baron Taube delivered his new creden fiats as Swedish Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at this Court. BRUSSELS, MARCH 9.—We learn from Paris that the person who left this city, offering to give information respecting the attack on the Duke of Wellington, is long well known in that city, and that he is not Mebee de la Touche, but that his name really is Marinet Davy.— In the last reign of Buonaparte, he is stated to have beets employed in various missions abroad. During his stay here his conduct has been so reserved, that it is not known to what party he belongs ; he was, however, well acquaint ed with many of the French exiles. He, as well as Brissot, is confined in La Force. The latter, it is said,was arrested inconsequence ofMarinet's depo; sition. Two other persons have been lately arrest ed at Patis on this account, hut their names are not known. It is still assetted that the Police has a clue to the discovery of the perpetrator and his accomplices. The accounts that we re ceive hem of the progress of the negotiations at Paris are not unfavourable. The passage of cou riers is again very active. The dispatches brought by Prince Gallitzin to the Hague, from the Rus sian head-quarters, are said to he of very great importance. English couriers have also passed ;' among them was a Cabinet Messenger, with int portant dispatches for Vienna. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We assure our old Friend and valuable Correspondent, IGNoTvs, that Tu SUN has, for many years, been daily sent to the person he mentions. We request the patience of onr Correspondents in general till the Parliamentary Adjournment. Fur IGNoTUS, and Junis-CoNsuLTUS, see our First Page. MiiLS. AraivED--1 Dublin, 1 Holland, I Gottenhurgh, 1 France. Due-1 Dublin, I Waterford, 2 Guernsey and Jertry, t Gottenburgb, 1 Lisbon, 4 Hansburgb. PRICE 01 TRIT PAY AT • F STOCKS Av ELY rt nycLocK„ 3 per Cent, C0n5...77k 7Si 78 Exch.lii I ed,... lls. 15s. pr. S per Cent. N. Ann.... 105 iii Ditto, 2id. l2s. 14s. pr. India Bonds. .....933. 945. pr. Cons. fur Account... .784 i New Annuities 774 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 18 minutes after 11. Evening, 43 minutes after 11. THE SUN. lOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1818. We received this morning the Path Papers of Friday a►►d Saturday last. The following are ex tracts, the first is a Projet for the final abolition of the French Slave Tra " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, MAacti 12. " The Count Mole,after an introductory speech, presented the following Projet :—. " Louis, &c. Art. 1. Eve! y act whatsoever done by French subjects or ships, in whatever place, or under whatever pretext or condition, or by foreign in dividuals or ships in the countries subject to French authority, in carrying on the traffic known by the name of the Slave Trade, shall be punished by the confiscation of the ship and cargo, and by the interdiction of the Captain, if a Frenchman. " 2. These Acts shall be proceeded against before the Tribunals which take cognizance of contraventions in matters of customs duties, and he tried by them. " Dated March 12, 1318. (Signed) LOLTIS. " Monday next was fixed for the preparatory examination of this Projet. " The Customs Projet was reported, and the discussion appointed for Tuesday next. " MARCH, 13.—The Committee on the Con cordat finished their deliberations, and appointed M. Riviere to report the result of their labours. [" The Chamber of Peers sat on Tl►u►rsday, but did no business of importance. The Meniteur publishes the Recruitment Projet officially as a lay.l " PARIS, MARCU I3.—The day after the shot was fired at the carriage of the Duke of Wel lington, it was discovered that a 1113 U named Orrin had hastily quitted Paris, after having had his mustachios cut off. A pursuit of him was commenced, and lie was arrested a few days since, in tle environs of tyon's ; be was brought to Paris, where he arrived the day before yesterday. " The lltb Number of the Administrative t or eespondence of M. Fi4vee has been seized. " The day'before yesterday the Duke de itihe lieu had a lonf conference with the Duke . " - of Wellington: 'life Spanish;bitustriaii,•and sian Ambassadors had each of them also a confer ence with bis Grace. " The Portuguese Ambassador bad a long con ference yesterday with the Duke of Wellington. " The Duke of Wellington is recovered from his slight indisposition. " MARCH 14.—The Duke of Wellington had yesterday a long conference with the Duke de Richelieu. The Neapolitan, Sardinian, and Ne therland Ambassadors, had also successively con ferences with the Duke of Wellington. " Private letters from Albi state, that Madame Manson at length confesses that she was in the closet at the house of Bancal. " The Madrid Gazette states, that the King acquires the property of the Russian squadron, without any other sacrifice than the payment of its actual value in money. " FIN'S PER CENTS. "'Thursday, ex. div. 65 f 55 c. " Friday do 65 f. 50 c. " VIENNA, MARCH 2.—The new Ottoman Mi nistry have adopted the pacific system of their predecessors. The greatest tr a nquillity prevails at Constantinople and in the Turkish provinces. " MASsrEIM , MAncn 7.—An opinion begins to prevail that there will be no general law passed by the Germanic Diet, respecting the :Liberty of the Press. In that case every German Govern . - ment will legislate in that respect as it thinki proper." We refer our Readers to the Parliamentary Reports on the subject of New CHURCHES, anti earnestly hope that the People, a 3 well as their Representatives, will display the utmost liberality in support of a measure so necessary to our wel fare here and hereafter ;—a measure which THE SUN has repeatedly and zealously recommended, and which shall always receive our warmest sup port. For the honour of the Country, we trust that noparty differences will tnix with a subject of eternal interest to mankind. We find that a respectable Evening Paper, t)f the same politics with our own, has changed its sentiments respecting the proposed formation of a French Army, to the amount of 240,000 men, and has declared that the argument in favour . of the measure " appears to be destitute of solid principles." We are glad to find that our opi nions, which have been always the same on this subject, are supported by so respectable authority, and we presume to hope that our arguments have had some weight in exciting so different a view of the subject in the quarter alluded to. Our Port Letters this thy contain nothing of importance. We have before stated, and we now confirm the assertion, that Tua SUN is become attractive and popular at Paris, for this reason, because the people there, as well as in this country, rely on the information which it cowtnunicates, on its political consistency, and on the independence of its principles. Our comments 'on the conduct of the French Ministers, instead of exciting their resentment, has induced them to regard us ‘vith increased respect, because we have manifestly the real interest and honour of the French Mo narch, and of France, in view, and anxiously wish to see him, if possible, wholly rid of ,all Noway Connections. The followers of the late Usurper must he venal and ambitious at best, but they also must he strongly impregnated with the Jacobinical Character, ,a character that aims at universal subversion merely to exalt itself. It is painful to see an amiable, Monarch hold any connexion with such men. The King of France is known to be learned and wise, and his wisdom has been improved in the School of. Adversity. It is impossible therefore that such a King can act from any other feelings than what relate to his own honour, and the honour and interest of his country. We shall therefore persevere on all oc casions, to the utmost of our humble power, to bring disgrace upon all Jacobins, wherever they are, and to contribute to their downfal. Galig nani's Messenger, a Parisian Journal, thought proper to insert the letter of our Correspondent at Paris which appeared in Tile ScN of the 3d inst. and The Pablicest, another Parisian Journal, copied our observations on the French Ministry, expressing our hopes that they would effectually rid themselves of all Jacobin associations. Our Cor respondent has promised us a regular communi cation of whatever may be important or interest ing in the French Capital, or that may reach it from other quarters, and, depending on Iris judg , tnet4, as well as his knowledge and veracity, we shall 4 , kvayt give theM infzrtion as soon as tie receive them. Our Correspondent 'admits, wile indeed is too well known, that "flitelements Of Revolution have not entirely sphsided \ in France,' and we rear that,io this re-select he spfe~ks~ss'itb tow much leraernes's dOpb t ribttha't those revolUtionary 'elements are to be found strongly, though secretly operating, oP t only in France, but in every part of Europe' Our Correspondent adds with truth and justice , that it demands the greatest caution not to cell those revolutionary elements again into 11040' In the present state of things, perhaps persuasion rather than force is the best practical wisdolP The ULTRAS, •as they are called, perhaps depoo ll less on their own strength than on the counts' 'lance of other States, and hence it may be difficul t / however their principles may be respected, to keep them within the bounds of discretion. JO they will probably find themselves greatly ruis' taken in such dependence. No other State to likely to embroil itself on their account, and the European Powers in general will hardly interpose' While they see that France, as a people, is Pe‘ likely to shake their own safety, or to disturb t/P° tranquillity. The Count de CAZES, as far as we eo ° judge, seems to act with firmness and true Hid' and, otherwise, if we are rightly informe 6 France would have been involved in a new rte/ ° ‘ lotion ,twelve months ago. He appears to bat e the confidence of THE K ING an d o f t h e Duke ti` WELLINGTON, and if be continues to bold the Jacobins and Ultras with an even hand all md f:te safe, for perhaps should either triumph, t" great struggle of Europe, during twenty-five ye ao ' would, as .ve have before observed, be throWl ) away, the reign of terror recommence, and tii * World be involved in new horrors, CURIOUS MARRIAGE. Baussr.t.s, MARca I2.—An inhabitant of Corti' ntioes,. Blain, died there on the Gth of this Intim h, aged eighty-fonr. This man was [lo' l married, and wh a t i s ver y remar k a bl e i s , 00, his second wile was horn o n th e very d a y that irllj first wife died, and hr then declared that be worti o never have any other wif e t h an t hi s i n f an t. fact, he waited till she was twenty years 01 '; when he married her. He was then sixty-fouryo'i of age ; he had a daughter by her the first Veer his marriage, and a second 20 years afterwards, t ° the month of Jan. last ; be leaves several childi t ; the eldest of whom is 60 y ears o f age ' , anal 1/',l youngest scarcely two months. This man liv e o , 20 years with his lii st wife, remained 20 yito rs o q widower, anti his second marriage lasted als° Yiais.—(Erir.ssets Paper) r q BRIGHTON, MARcu 16.—There noir appeg• - ,/ be no doubt of our being ogaiil ho g i outc d presence of his Royal Highness the Pu li4cs 1 - GENT, during the holidays of Eistcr. to The Prince of H essE H OMBERG reilMeG ,town yesterday .from Bushey, and rn,de st) ": 0 visits; and in the evening 11a41 a select party dinner. Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Yor- 5 lt e town for Oat lands. Her Royal Highness 411°1 herself in her curricle. Yesterday the Duke of Y oRK transa cted. o t tl' tary business With the PRINCE REGENT, a. -6 ton House. AE The Marquis of ANGLESEA had an audie nce 11' the PRINCE. REGENT. M. A. TAYLoa, Ecy. and Mr. WHARTON , ° of the present Members for Durham, ale canvassing the City of Durh am , an d the ar r *o of Mr. ALLAN is d a ily ex p ecte d, f or the purpose. of A Paris Paper relates the foll.wing inst"" e •,00 real benevolence On Sunday, the sth, l' 1) 7 ,11 nine at night, two women and an infan t b6f ir into the Seine, at Rou e n, near the .0 1 racks of Saint Sever. A soldier of the O r Regiment of the R o y a l G uar d, named 10:4fid heard their cry for help. This brave to"" not hesitate an instant to fly where ti0n 4 , 3 1 ; ),i 0 called him ; he precipit a t e d hi mse lf in art P " equipment into the riv er , ver y rap id i n that and happily saves! three of his fellow_creBture9'it, the moment when their death seemed IU afterwards refusedevery thing but the 0/-1) , of those whom he h a d p rese rved." YORK-CASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The tfr e al William Greenwood, for setting fire to the 1 ;d poi tery, came on at 2 o ' c l oc k ; upwards of I° ? tc' witnesses were e xam i ne d on the part of th e m l it et , scenti'>n. Tie trial occupied the Co ur t utiti' e cO' nine o'clock. The evidence c ons i ste d o f ' 1 number of minute cir , ;unistances. The without a moment's hesitation; found 016 soner—Not Guilty . oft " ATTEMPED ESCAPR.-0!) Friday evening' 10 .( the examination of Claxton, alias ChaprO rl 'k, passi ng for ge d rotes, he was conveyed i° 3oo the House of Collection in a coach with „,1 1/ Foy. The officer perceived that he was test e- jae ° If (row the burthcn of his irons ; but on he extricated himself from them, and atten ) P l ,; o l/ escape. A violent sc u ffl e ensue d, but 81( ` ) n 00 1 officer the was opposed to a poweettil yo'l n g tt he prevented his es cap e , an d sa f e ly prison. In his po c k e : s were f oun d files with o ' lodged hil l ' i iC ll tie had cut the irons off. Ord' Blown into I'ORT.-1n the Hurricane last d u ncsday week, a S a il or svalldng ujigh_str-00 Portsmouth, was driven with such violence 001.0 the door of a Lottery Office, as not only to 1 1O pt it open, but to give Jack a /loorer in the C pl who, springing up, apologised, by swearTr'diel had lost his rudder ; b ut 't wa s an ill win" :,10 blow'd nobody goo d, an d h e 'd tr y his lock . 'em su bought a Sixteenth of 6,963, whi ch P cl 6 ing the first-drawn Bla n k, gav e Jack a Q"5-,kt of a Pipe of Win e o f his own choosing, ‘v h '' l ,, l !;i swears be was blown into the bast Por t in land. • t ~. , 1